Beans Runner

A firm favourite that is well suited to our summers. When you pick runner beans regularly they crop over a long period of time. We are selling you enough seeds for 2 or 3 wigwams and if you want to grow more than that then why not try a second variety to compare flavours? We like to pick our beans when they are young but our stringless varieties will continue to give you nice beans even if you leave them on the plant for longer than intended.

Grow this robust red flowered variety and your reward will be a heavy crop of delicious, succulent, tender young beans. At their tasty best (we think) picked by 20cm long however these pods can grow to 40cm! Vigorous and reliable. Price for 24 seeds.

New to our catalogue this year comes this highly desirable variety. It is white seeded and white flowered; produces a delicious harvest of long, stringless, fleshy pods; very productive with up to 40 pods per plant; very easy to grow and ideal if you are new to runners or only have room for one variety. This is an outstanding runner bean in every way. For sale elsewhere at almost double our price! Price for 24 seeds

Bold scarlet flowers, masses of them, make a fabulous display that is followed by plenty of tasty beans. These are at their best picked and eaten on the young side to savour their tender sweetness. The pods, which are ‘stringless’, can develop red tinges – part of their ‘fire’. If you have had pollination problems in the past then Firestorm is the bean for you; being self-pollinating it can set well even in poor weather or high temperatures. A variety well worth growing. Price for 24 seeds

This super new white flowered variety has smooth, stringless pods with all the flavour you can desire. It produces masses of flowers, and with the potential to self pollinate these set well even in poor weather or high temperatures. This results in a prolific crop of tasty beans. Price for 24 seeds

Small in stature yet big on flavour and yield. Pickwick, 45-60cm tall, will give any other runner bean serious competition to be your favourite. It grows as a bushy self-supporting plant that is smothered by bright red flowers followed by lots of stringless, succulent pods. Perfect for containers or windy gardens. Price for 24 seeds.

Look forward to a very good crop of stringless, fleshy pods that have a super flavour. This AGM winner is a very early variety that sets pods under any weather conditions – perfect for British summers! Price for 24 seeds.

Bred from the best of Scarlet Emperor this direct relative is a worthy, wonderful, successor. Discover for yourself the fine flavour, the smooth long pods following the bright scarlet flowers, the vigorous growth and the long period over which these plants will crop: all adding up to a new champion for your garden.

This modern white flowered variety with an excellent flavour is one of Anne Swithenbank`s favourates (and ours too!). The lovely green pods are slender and smooth and stringless. With an AGM this variety is noted for setting well during hotter weather and thus is a good choice if you are looking for a second variety that will extend your harvest period.
Price for 24 seeds